The saga starts back in 2015 when Lori Vallow first heard of Chad Daybell and his work involving the apocalypse. Their case has kept people from around the world on the edge of their seats, as this high-profile case involves the murder of children, suspicious deaths, and an unusual belief system involving zombies & the apocalypse. Lori Vallow Daybell & Chad Daybell’s day in court is finally coming, and a judge ruled the couple will be tried together. In a Friday Zoom hearing, Seventh District Court Judge Steven Boyce deemed Vallow indigent, meaning she cannot afford to pay for her own court fees.ĭaybell and Vallow are expected to be arraigned on the slew of new charges Wednesday.By: Victoria Stuewe Lori Vallow Daybell’s upcoming trial: Get to know the doomsday couple It seems the new charges are not Vallow’s only problem. 9, 2019, Cox attempted to shoot Daybell’s ex-wife-but it wasn’t until later that month that Daybell finished off the crime. 8, the day prosecutors believe the couple killed Tylee, Daybell signed an application with his wife to “increase her LifeMap insurance to the maximum allowed under her policy.” The indictment states that Daybell also used his religious beliefs to justify his ex-wife’s murder and that the doomsday author and Vallow even texted about Tammy’s “death percentages” in July 2019. Prosecutors now allege Daybell murdered his ex-wife and that Vallow and her brother Alex Cox- who died of natural causes in December 2019-conspired in the crime. In December 2019, the body of Daybell’s ex-wife Tammy was exhumed. Tylee and J.J’s disappearance also brought scrutiny to the deaths of Vallow’s and Daybell’s previous spouses. Questions still remain, however, as to how exactly the siblings died, and whether Daybell and wife Lori Vallow’s apocalyptic religious beliefs played any role. Several feet away, authorities said they found “a mass of burnt flesh and charred bone” in a pet cemetery that was later determined to be the remains of Tylee Ryan. Vallow-still wearing red pajamas-was found “tightly wrapped” in black plastic with his head, arms, and feet bound in duct tape. and Tylee Ryan were found in Daybell’s home during an investigation into the disappearance of his two stepchildren. Last June, Idaho authorities charged the pair with conspiracy to conceal evidence after the remains of J.J. In January 2020, Vallow refused to comply with a court order to produce her two children-and asked a friend to falsely tell police she was watching her son. In all, Vallow allegedly collected at least five months worth of Social Security benefits on Tylee Ryan’s behalf and four months on J.J.’s. After J.J.’s death, she did the same with his Social Security benefits. About two weeks later, the pair killed J.J., the indictment states.Ī month before the kids’ disappearance, Vallow allegedly re-routed Tylee’s bank account and Social Security benefits to her own personal account. 9, 2019, after almost a year of planning. Prosecutors now allege Daybell and Vallow murdered Tylee Ryan on Sept. The couple, who are members of a community of doomsday preppers and were married two weeks after Daybell was widowed, are already in prison for several other crimes related to the children’s disappearance in September 2019 and their reluctance to help authorities in the investigation. J.J.’s cousin, Zac Cox, was ecstatic about the new charges, writing on Twitter: “Finally!!! and on JJs birthday too.” It is not immediately clear whether prosecutors will pursue the death penalty. Prosecutors said Tuesday the penalty for the most serious felonies against them range from life in prison without parole to the death penalty. In the indictment, prosecutors allege that between “October 26, 2018, and June 9, 2020” Daybell and Vallow “did endorse and espouse religious beliefs for the purpose of encouraging and/or justifying the homicide” of all three people. “All three homicides and the related financial crimes were committed as part of a continuing criminal scheme,” Madison County Prosecutor Rob Wood said in a Tuesday statement. Vallow has been separately charged with grand theft. Chad Daybell, a doomsday author, has also been charged with first-degree murder for the death of Tammy Daybell, his ex-wife. Nearly a year after the remains of Lori Vallow’s two children were found in the backyard of her husband’s Idaho property, the couple has been indicted on murder charges for crimes they allegedly justified with their doomsday-centered religious beliefs, authorities said Tuesday.Īn Idaho grand jury indicted Chad Daybell and Lori Vallow on several counts-including first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit first-degree murder-in connection with the deaths of Vallow’s kids, 7-year-old J.J Vallow and 17-year-old Tylee Ryan.
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